Amherst vs Lorain

A side-by-side comparison of Amherst and Lorain: population, income, housing, and more.

Amherst and Lorain are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lorain has the higher population (65,207 vs 12,796 in Amherst). Amherst has the higher median household income ($93,043 vs $45,799 in Lorain). Amherst has the higher median home value ($222,700 vs $123,500 in Lorain).

Population, income & housing

	Amherst	Lorain
Population	12,796	65,207
Median age	43.4 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$93,043	$45,799
Median home value	$222,700	$123,500
Median gross rent	$832	$839
Housing units	5,081	30,456
Homeownership rate	87.7%	55.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amherst	Lorain
Population	12,108 → 12,796 (+5.7%)	63,801 → 65,207 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$71,775 → $93,043 (+29.6%)	$38,291 → $45,799 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$164,600 → $222,700 (+35.3%)	$87,300 → $123,500 (+41.5%)
Median gross rent	$784 → $832 (+6.1%)	$697 → $839 (+20.4%)

Amherst

Population

12,10812,796

Median household income

$71,775$93,043

Median home value

$164,600$222,700

Median gross rent

$784$832

Lorain

Population

63,80165,207

Median household income

$38,291$45,799

Median home value

$87,300$123,500

Median gross rent

$697$839

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amherst	Lorain
Under 5	4.3%	6.9%
5 to 17	16.7%	17.5%
18 to 24	7.2%	9.0%
25 to 34	9.3%	11.7%
35 to 44	14.5%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.4%	12.1%
55 to 64	15.6%	14.4%
65 to 74	12.4%	10.0%
75 and over	9.5%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amherst	Lorain
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	50.3%
Black or African American	1.2%	16.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.7%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.9%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	27.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amherst	Lorain
No high school diploma	4.1%	15.0%
High school graduate	26.7%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amherst	Lorain
Drove alone	79.9%	78.5%
Carpooled	9.6%	13.1%
Public transit	0.2%	0.3%
Walked	0.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.2%	5.0%
Other means	0.4%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amherst	Lorain
1-unit, detached	87.1%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	11.1%
20 or more units	1.3%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Amherst	Lorain
Poverty rate	4.5%	27.4%
Average household size	2.61	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1971	1961